Iran-Made System Helps Smart Control of Farm’s Environmental Conditions, Irrigation Equipment
“We have succeeded in finding a comprehensive solution for making agriculture smarter which can be used in the field of smart city and smart home; the initial steps have been taken in a specialized way in agriculture and we intend to develop it further,” Behzad Khanjarian, the managing director of the knowledge-based company, told ANA.
“In this system, a set of hardware and software is provided to the customer which is always managed by the service provider. In other words, to control greenhouses, we install a number of sensors in that place which transmits information to the server with specific measurements; then the information is sent back to the greenhouse hardware devices and the controller controls the environmental conditions and irrigation automatically,” he added.
Noting that the customer has no involvement in the service, Khanjarian said, “The smart agriculture system of our company is wireless, and we use artificial intelligence and fuzzy logic (one of the advanced digital control methods) to manage the software of the farm which are the distinguishing features of this product.”
Earlier this year, an Iranian startup stationed at the incubator center of Islamic Azad University’s Science and Research branch had also produced a smart irrigation system which saves 50% in water consumption in farms.
The smart system measures the soil moisture with a moisture meter sensor which makes possible the automatic irrigation of the desired trees and plants (by considering the desired moisture range of any tree or plant, the desired amount of water and the desired time) manually (through sending SMS or missed call) or by using the technology of Internet of Things.
“Smart irrigation with Internet of Things enjoys the capability to activate or deactivate the system with a cell phone anywhere in the world, it can automatically collect data from satellite and order watering or canceling it by using the artificial intelligence,” Rezayee, the manager of the startup, told ANA.
He described real-time monitoring of soil moisture and informing the user as another advantage of this system.
“Compared to similar systems, this product saves 50% of water and does not require the presence of manpower to irrigate gardens and fields, and its price is lower than its counterparts,” Rezayee said.
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